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Ministry of Defence
Visit of Royal Navy Delegation to SNC
Commodore Stuart Henderson, Safety Director of the British Royal Navy  Safety Centre along with a three member delegation, is on a two day official visit to Southern Naval Command . The delegation called on Rear Admiral RJ Nadkarni, AVSM, VSM, Chief of Staff , Southern Naval Command  on 13 Jun 19, at naval base, Kochi and held discussions on matters of mutual interest.
The delegation also interacted with Rear Admiral PK Bahl, VSM, Chief Staff Officer , SNC and the Indian Naval Safety Team  on the matters pertaining to safe operations at sea and in shore units, as well as areas for mutual cooperation between the two navies. The delegation would be interacting with Rear Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, VSM, Flag Officer Sea Training  on 14 Jun 19 for discussing matters pertaining to Operational Sea Training and safety.
The RN Safety delegation would also be visiting various units at Kochi, including the Water Survival Training Facility  at INS Garuda and the “Ship Handling Simulator” at Navigation and Direction  School prior to their departure.
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NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform calls for applications for the Fifth Edition of the Women Transforming India Awards 2021-22
To celebrate the 75th year of independence, NITI Aayog’s flagship initiative, The Women Entrepreneurship Platform , will felicitate 75 women achievers as part of the Amrit Mahotsav celebration. In its fifth year since inception, Women Transforming India Awards  2021 will celebrate the contribution of women entrepreneurs towards ‘Sashakt aur Samarath Bharat’ – by building self-sufficient businesses and/or overcoming challenges via unique business solutions.
The WTI Awards is NITI Aayog’s endeavour to recognise and celebrate stories of exceptional women change-makers from across India. Since 2018, the WTI Awards have been hosted under the aegis of the Women Entrepreneurship Platform with a focus on ‘Women and Entrepreneurship’. The awards continue to bring to the fore, inspiring female role models charting impact across the country. The previous editions have shed much needed spotlight on the stellar work of women-led businesses, both in commercial and social sectors.
This year, the WTI Awards are being launched in partnership with the UN, CISCO CSR, FICCI and Grant Thornton Bharat. The application form is available on https://wep.gov.in/, and applications will be accepted till 31st December, 2021. Women entrepreneurs can self-nominate or can be nominated by others as well. Nomination can be done under one or more than one of the seven categories - Public and Community Service, Manufacturing Sector, Non-manufacturing Sector, Financial Products enabling Economic Growth, Climate Action, Promote Art, Culture and Handicrafts and Digital Innovation. Detailed guidelines for the submission of the application form and eligibility criteria are available on https://wep.gov.in/wep-faqs.
After the last date of submission, the applications will go through a three stage evaluation process consisting of independent assessment, jury and super jury rounds. 75 inspiring women entrepreneurs breaking the glass ceiling will be identified. These winners will be felicitated on the occasion of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, 8th March, 2022, celebrating 75 years of India’s Independence – ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
The Women Entrepreneurship Platform seeks to transform the entrepreneurial ecosystem for women by bringing together stakeholders offering information and services to address the existing information asymmetry. Based on the three pillars of Iccha Shakti, Gyan Shakti and Karma Shakti, it is an aggregator platform for established as well as aspiring entrepreneurs. The platform provides incubation support, mentorship, funding avenues, compliance/taxation support and peer learning.
Currently, the Women Entrepreneurship Platform has more than 21,000 registered users and has ongoing programmes with 37 partners .
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Prime Minister's Office
PMNCH Delegation calls on the Prime Minister and present the logo for the 2018 Partners’ Forum
A Delegation of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health  including Shri J. P. Nadda, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and incoming Board Chair of PMNCH and renowned actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ms. Priyanka Chopra, the three champions for PMNCH Partners’ Forum, Shri A. K. Choubey, MoS  and Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary  called on the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today, to invite him about the upcoming Partners Forum 2018 which will be hosted during 12-13 December, 2018 at New Delhi. Heads of State and Health Ministers from various countries and 1200 delegates would be participating in this forum. PMNCH is a global partnership of 92 countries and over 1000 organisations. The Prime Minister graciously agreed to be Patron of the PMNCH Forum and accepted the Logo of the forum.
Dr. Michelle Bachelet, as the incoming Chair, explained the mandate of the Partnership and sought ideas from the Prime Minister on how to take forward the challenge of women empowerment, children and young people. Prime Minister shared his personal experiences on the initiatives taken in Gujarat for increasing institutional deliveries through partnership with the private sector and organising community feeding for the poor and pregnant women in villages so that their nutrition needs could be met. He stressed on effective communication strategy. He also emphasised that ‘participation is partnership’. The Prime Minister also suggested that we should involve people across the globe, specially young people in important issues like nutrition, age of marriage, pre-natal and post-natal care and seek ideas for effective implementation and communication for programmes for women, children and adolescents. He suggested that we could have an online quiz competition on these themes and provide awards to prize winners in the upcoming Partners’ Forum Meeting in December 2018.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal interacts with Non-official Directors  of CPSE under his Ministries; says NoDs are an important link between the government and the people
NoDs expected to bring alternate perspective, provide impartial view of shortcomings & suggest measures for improvement: Shri Piyush Goyal
Any issue of mis-governance should be taken to the management with urgency: Shri Goyal tells NoDs
The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles Shri Piyush Goyal has stressed upon the critical role played by Non-official Directors  in improving the performance Central Public Sector Undertakings . Shri Goyal interacted with the NoDs of under his ministries viz. India Trade Promotion, ECGC Ltd. , State Trading Corporation of India Ltd, MMTC Ltd. , PEC Ltd. , State Trading Corporation of India Ltd Central Warehouse Corporation and Food Corporation of India. Secretary, Department of Commerce, Secretary, Food & Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs and Secretary, Department of Textile and Senior Officials of all three Departments attended the meeting.
Speaking during the interaction, Shri Piyush Goyal said that NoDs expertise and experience will help the government in ensuring welfare of the citizens of India. He said that NoDs have assumed critical importance given increased sectoral complexities. The minister added that NoDs are expected to bring alternate perspective, provide impartial view of shortcomings & suggest measures for improvement.
Shri Goyal said that the NoDs also serve as a role model for employees & also safeguard interest of all stakeholders. However, he highlighted that any mis-governance should be taken to management with utmost urgency and also, he asked to them to avoid influencing CPSE decisions while not getting involved in specific cases. He said that the wealth of experience and wealth of knowledge of NoDs stays true to the vision of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi who believes that they are an important link between the government and the people.
Secretaries of Department of Commerce, Department of Food & Public Distribution and Ministry of Textiles also addressed the NoDs’ meet. In his address, Shri B. V. R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary Department of Commerce said that NoDs should keep themselves well informed about the Company and the environment in which it operates. Shri Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary Department of Food and Public Distribution  gave an overview of the department. He said that the department runs one of the world’s biggest food distribution programme through NFSA and PMGKAY. Shri UP Singh, Secretary Textiles also gave an overview of the Ministry of Textiles. He reiterated that India is a top producer of Cotton and Jute.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
APEDA in collaboration with Indian embassy organize virtual buyer seller meet for boosting agricultural and processed food products exports to Algeria
In a bid to boost agricultural and processed food products exports, APEDA in collaboration with Indian embassy has organized a virtual buyer seller meet  with Algeria where key stakeholders in the agricultural value chains from both the countries participated.
More than 100 participants including exporters, processors and traders of agricultural commodities from India and Algeria participated in the VBSM titled ‘Opportunities in Agri-sector between India and Algeria’ organized on Wednesday.
Due to the ongoing Covid19 pandemic, the export promotion programmes were not possible to be organized physically. APEDA has been organizing a series of VBSMs with various countries for providing platform to the exporters and importers.
In the VBSM held with trade and government officials from Algeria, the scope of increasing exports of India’s Geographical Indications  certified agricultural products were discussed. Export potential of products including cereals, animal product, non-basmati and basmati rice etc to Algeria were discussed during VBSM.
Along with APEDA and Indian embassy officials, trade representatives including officials from All India Rice Exporters Association, The Rice Exporters Association, All India Food Processors Association, importers from Algeria including Sarl Agro Plast Compant, Eurl kbline, Haddadi Med Business Export and others participated in the VBSM.
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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Mechanisation of Indian Agriculture
The adoption of mechanization by the farmers depends on various factors such as socioeconomic conditions, geographical conditions, crops grown, irrigation facilities etc. The farm mechanization levels assessed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research  for major cereals, pulses, oil-seeds, millets and cash crops indicates that the seedbed preparation operation is highly mechanized  for major crops whereas harvesting and threshing operation is the least mechanized  for major crops except for rice and wheat crops. In seedbed preparation, mechanization level is higher in rice and wheat crops as compared to other crops. However, mechanization level for sowing operation is the highest for wheat crop . The mechanization levels in planting/transplanting operation for sugarcane and rice crops are 20% and 30%, respectively. In case of harvesting and threshing, the mechanization levels in rice and wheat crops are more than 60% and very less in cotton crop.
The Government has not carried out assessment of number of farmers that have access to the mechanized tools and equipment. However, the emphasis of the Government is always to promote mechanization for all section of the society with the aim of increasing the reach of farm mechanization to small and marginal farmers and to the regions where availability of farm power is low and promoting ‘Custom Hiring Centres’ to offset the adverse economies of scale arising due to small landholding and high cost of individual ownership.
For promotion of agricultural mechanization in the country, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization’  is being implemented through the State Governments w.e.f. 2014-15. Under this scheme, financial assistance @ 40% to 50% of the cost of machines depending on the categories of farmers, is provided for purchase of agricultural machines. Financial assistance @ 40% of the project cost is also provided to rural youth & farmer as an entrepreneur, Cooperative Societies of Farmers, Registered Farmers Societies, Farmer Producer Organizations  and Panchayats for establishment of Custom Hiring Centres  and Hi-tech hubs of high value agricultural machines. Financial assistance @ 80% of the project cost for the projects costing upto Rs. 10 lakhs is provided to the Cooperative Societies, Registered Farmer Societies, FPOs and Panchayats for setting up of village level Farm Machinery Banks . The rate of financial assistance for the North Eastern States for establishment of FMBs is @95% of the project cost for the projects costing up to Rs. 10 lakhs.The major focus of the scheme is towards expanding the network for Custom Hiring Services of agricultural machines and equipments to increase utilization of farm power and ensuring availability of farm equipment and machines for small farms. Since inception of the scheme, more than 40900 CHCs/Hi-tech Hubs/FMBs have been established in various States.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Coal
Enthusiastic Response to Stakeholders’ Consultation on Revenue Sharing Model for discontinued/closed coal mines of Coal India Ltd
Coal India Considering Offering More than 100 such Mines to Private Sector
The Ministry of Coal held a stakeholder consultation on revenue sharing model for discontinued/closed mines of CIL here today with the private sector.
The consultation has attracted huge participation from the private sector like Essel Mining, Adani, TATA, JSW, JSPL etc. and their enthusiastic support to the proposal. The Government is contemplating to partner Private Sector on Revenue Sharing Model to produce coal from discontinued/closed mines. There are many mines which were discontinued/closed in the past by CIL due to several reasons and these could be reopened and productively brought into operation with the partnership of the private sector.
Ministry of Coal is very hopeful that collaboration with the private sector will enhance productivity, efficiency gains and will be able to produce additional coal required for the development of the country. CIL is looking to offer more than 100 such mines to private sector on Revenue Sharing basis in due course of time.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to receive UNEP Champions of the Earth Award on October 3
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, will receive the United Nations' highest environmental honour, the ‘UNEP Champions of the Earth’ award at a special ceremony in Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, New Delhi on October 3. The award announced on 26th September, on the sidelines of 73rd UN General Assembly at New York City, will be presented by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The Prime Minister will also address the gathering.
Prime Minister Modi has been selected in the leadership category for his pioneering work in championing the International Solar Alliance and for his unprecedented pledge to eliminate all single-use plastic in India by 2022.
The annual ‘Champions of the Earth’ prize is awarded to outstanding leaders from government, civil society and the private sector whose actions have had a positive impact on the environment.
AYUSH
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to inaugurate the ‘Global Ayush Investment & Innovation Summit’on 20thApril in Gandhinagar
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the three-day Global Ayush Investment & Innovation Summit  in Gandhinagar, Gujrat on 20th April 2022.
The most pertinent event of Ministry of Ayush for 2022, this Summit will witness the participation of industry leaders, academicians, and scholars to deliberate upon ways to promote traditional medicines, and systems. As part of the Summit, 5 Plenary sessions, 8 roundtables, 6 workshops, 2 symposiums, 90 eminent speakers and 100 exhibitors will be present. Speakers and diplomats will be present from across embassies, industries and top corporates. There will also be multiple initiatives to stimulate Ayush exports in international markets.
One of the aims of the Summit is to attract lucrative investments to build India as the Global Ayush Destination in the world. In recent years, India has seen enormous investments due to the absence of Foreign Direct Investments  restrictions. The Ayush Ministry wants to keep building on this and utilize the platform to initiate target-oriented initiatives to enable the recognition and growth of traditional systems of medicine.
Expressing his views on the event announcements, Union Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, said, “We are proud to announce the Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit 2022 that will bring together the country's leading start-ups, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and other national and international stakeholders for a specially curated event on innovation and entrepreneurship to help India become a Global Ayush Destination. The present market size of the Ayush sector has grown by 17% p.a. from 2014-2020 and we hope to build the success of the sector even further through these flagship events and initiatives.”
Sharing his thoughts on the Ayush sector, MoS for Ayush Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai said, “When we are healthy and balanced, we are able to fulfil our dreams and share our responsibility as part of society. The Ayush system speaks enormously on the rule of diet in maintaining health. It has advocated a number of simple practices that can help us reconnect with our authentic selves.”
The ground-breaking ceremony for the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine will also take place on 19th April, in Jamnagar, Gujarat. This centre will emerge as an international hub of global wellness taking traditional medicine systems of the world to new heights. It will also provide assistance to WHO member countries so that positive health can be spread over the world.
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Cabinet
Cabinet approves Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase II
Comprising two corridors viz.  Motera Stadium to Mahatma Mandir and  GNLU to GIFT City
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the following proposals:
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- Implementation of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II, which comprises two corridors of total length 28.254 i.e. Corridor 1 from Motera Stadioum to Mahatma mandir for a length of 22.838 km. and Corridor 2 from GNLU to GIFT City for a length of 5.416 km at a total completion cost of Rs. 5384.17 crores.
- The institutional arrangement and legal framework for the project.
- Conditions of sanction of the project.
Benefits:
Implementation of the project will provided the much-needed additional public transport infrastructure to Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.
Salient features:
To streamline the urban transportation system in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, which is stressed due to intensive developments, increase in the number of private vehicles and heavy construction in the city, putting stress on travel infrastructure and industrial activities, and by providing the people a safe, secure, reliable and comfortable public transport. The Metro Rail project itself is an innovation over the conventional system of urban transport. The project involves integration with other urban transport systems in an efficient and effective manner which is possible only by adopting innovative methods of designing, technology and institutional management.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccination & National Polio Immunization Drive
More than 41 lakh Healthcare Workers Vaccinated across the country against Covid-19
11.04 crore children vaccinated for Polio till today
COVID-19 Vaccination Drive:
The countrywide COVID-19 vaccination program was conducted successfully on the eighteenth today. The Prime Minister launched the countrywide COVID 19 Vaccination drive on 16th Jan 2021.
The cumulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID19 has crossed 41 lakhs today. A total of 41,20,741beneficiaries  vaccinated through 76,516 sessions, as per the provisional report. 3,785 sessions were held till 7 pm today.
Two states, Gujarat and West Bengal, initiated vaccination of frontline workers today. 19,902 frontline workers have been vaccinated till 7 pm today, as per the provisional report.
Overall, 1,70,585 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 7 pm today. Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight.
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S. No.
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State/UT
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Beneficiaries vaccinated
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1
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A & N Islands
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2727
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2
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Andhra Pradesh
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|
1,87,252
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3
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Arunachal Pradesh
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9,791
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4
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Assam
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|
42,435
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5
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Bihar
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|
2,21,354
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6
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Chandigarh
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|
4019
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|
7
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Chhattisgarh
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|
79,676
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|
8
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
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|
867
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9
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Daman & Diu
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469
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10
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Delhi
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74,068
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11
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Goa
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4509
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12
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Gujarat
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|
2,83,817
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13
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Haryana
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1,27,893
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14
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Himachal Pradesh
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39,570
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15
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Jammu & Kashmir
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26,634
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16
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Jharkhand
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55,446
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17
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Karnataka
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3,16,368
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18
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Kerala
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2,19,871
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|
19
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Ladakh
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|
1234
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20
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Lakshadweep
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|
807
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21
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Madhya Pradesh
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2,98,376
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22
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Maharashtra
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3,18,735
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23
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Manipur
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4739
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24
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Meghalaya
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4694
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|
25
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Mizoram
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9932
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26
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Nagaland
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4,093
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27
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Odisha
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2,08,205
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|
28
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Puducherry
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3077
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29
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Punjab
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61,332
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|
30
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Rajasthan
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3,38,960
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31
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Sikkim
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2609
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32
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Tamil Nadu
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1,20,745
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33
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Telangana
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1,68,771
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34
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Tripura
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32,196
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|
35
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Uttar Pradesh
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|
4,63,793
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|
36
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Uttarakhand
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|
43,430
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|
37
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West Bengal
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2,84,228
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|
38
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Miscellaneous
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|
54,019
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|
|
|
All India
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|
41,20,741
106 AEFIs have been reported till 7 pm on the eighteenth day of the vaccination drive.
National Polio Immunization Drive:
The countrywide National Polio Immunization Drive was conducted successfully on the third day today.
As per provisional report, total of 11.04 crore children under five years across the country have been given polio drops till today.
President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind had launched the National Polio Immunisation Day for 2021 by administering polio drops to children less than five years old at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 30th January 2021.
The NID Pulse Polio Campaign began on 31st January 2021  across all States/UTs of the country. The booth activity is followed by house-to-house surveillance  over the next two to five days to identify and vaccinate children who missed getting vaccinated at the booths.